Steam or boil cauliflower and garlic until soft. Drain, add buttermilk, light butter, salt, pepper and purée with a hand blender. If you don't own a hand blender, you should consider getting one. It is one of my most used gadgets in my kitchen, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. A regular blender would work fine as well.

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Yum-o is all I have to say! That looks so incredibly tasty. I have to tell you that I made your spinach stuffed lasgana rolls the other day and boy were they good! Thanks for making so many wonderful recipes for those of us watching our figurines. :)

FYI about Brummel &Brown, I used it for years but I have stopped using it due to concerns about trans fats. If you check the label you will see that it has a fraction of them. Unfortunately by federal labeling rules it can be .495 which rounds down to zero, bt those fractions do add up. Everything I have read on trans fats says "stay away!", so I am back to butter, yum.

oh this looks good!! I am loving your site.. I made the garlic coconut shrimp the other night..not sure what I did wrong- but it was like a soup-- but it was heavenly!! so its a keeper!! and then I made the lasagna with spinich-- WOW-- no one would ever know it was diet food!! Next time I think the addition of mushrooms and onions might be fun to try as well!

I'm trying to get back on the WW program and was having a lot of trouble...but your recipes are a great help. I love, love, love all the cauliflower ideas. Am eager to try the spinich lasagna.Thank you for your generosity in sharing these.

Gina, I don't comment much but I get your email updates daily. Thank you for the great ideas. Even if I am not using your recipes that day, them being in my inbox reminds me that I need to stick to my WW points. Thank you!

I made the califlower dish tonight. All ICan say is, it was amazing! I used a 16 oz bag of frozen califlower and it was easyN turned out fabulous!Gina, you inspireMe to stay on track! Thanks for taking the time 2 post such great recipes!Susan

Gina - this is a fantastic website and I am so glad I found it. The recipes are awesome! And being point friendly really helps too. The pictures are gorgeous and inspire me to cook new and different things. I have also heard alot about the cauliflower dish and have never tried it but will now. Your enchilada recipes are delicious! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

My boyfriend loves mashed potatoes but hates the pooch on his stomach. He was so excited when I showed him this recipe and your website. Especially after he had the roasted red bell pepper soup I made from your website yesterday. We love it!!!!!! We love that you use fresh ingredients, that you post the nutritional information, and that you are an novice photographer. Just know that we are loving and using your recipes and look for more comments from us.~Thank you

These are the best! As a carboholic, I could eat mashed potatoes for every meal 7 days a week. This recipe gives me my mashed potato fix without the guilt (or increase on the scale). I almost never have buttermilk in my fridge, but use Fage 0% greek yogurt instead. It adds creaminess and tang and is still really healthy. Yummy!

Yay. Finally found a healthy food site that works for my family. I have so many healthy food cook books but the ingredients are rediculously long. Thank you, thank you for making it easy for us busy moms. Just tried the potato and cauliflower soup tonight. It was a big hit.

This one needs to be fixed up more for greater taste because I found it rather bland -- very unusual for me with Gina's wonderful recipes. I will keep the garlic, but next time use light sour cream, ff Greek yogurt or light flavored cream cheese instead of buttermilk. Also would add chives. I also made a mistake of simply pouring in the liquid without checking for consistency which caused it to be too watery and then had to thicken with a little corn starch. A good start to a healthy recipe, however; so I will keep trying.

This is an amazing recipe. I found it very tasty and healthy. I'm lactose intolerant so I changed it up a bit- instead of using buttermilk I used coconut milk with apple cider vinegar. I found this tip online- for 1 cup of coconut/soy/rice/whatever milk you add 2-3 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. Let sit for 10 minutes then add it to your recipe. Turned out great!

Gina!! I have to post my surprise combination side dish I had tonight! OMG! I made the creamy cauliflower and was having the cream of zucchini soup too. I thought the two flavors were very compatible. Do I decided to try them like mashed potatoes and gravy. OMG! If it were a blind taste test I would swear it was mashed potatoes and chicken gravy! I hope someone else tries this! Close your eyes however or eat it in the dark! Green gravy!I had to post this and will post it at the other site too!Susie

oh my gosh this will be a new staple forever! I made real mashed potatoes the night before and my boyfriend said he liked these better. I also used low fat sour cream because i had no buttermilk on hand - can't get over how great this was!!! I mixed it in a magic bullet for people out there who have one, do it in batches though cause it is too hot to do all at once.

Just made this with the low fat sour cream, and topped with a little cheese and a slice of crumbled turkey bacon for lunch. It took a bite or 2 to get used to it, but when I did, I cleaned the bowl! I admit I was a skeptic at first the whole cauliflower turned potato thing, but you just made me a believer! My belly fat is cursing your name =) Xo ~ Kimberly

is there a way to make the consistency a little more mashed potato like? i know it's a "puree" but i just made it and it's so watery i'm wanting the real thing. i was hoping this would be a great alternative to starchy mp's - i'll see how the man handles it when he gets home. i'm not going to tell him it's cauliflower ha.

I make this all the time and it is delicious. Instead of milk, I add 2 oz of lowfat cream cheese. Makes the mash creamier. Also, when I feel too lazy to pull out the gadgets, I just use a potato masher in the pan I cooked the cauliflower in. If too much water remains in the pan, I turn the heat on low so the moisture evaporates as I mash.

I was a bit leery about how this looked when I first used a hand mixer by mistake to 'blend', but once I realized my mistake & pureed it - it turned out great. I didn't have buttermilk (& didn't want to buy any since I rarely make things with it), so I used 2 oz FF cream cheese. It was the perfect consistency.

My husband says it's BETTER THAN MASHED POTATOES. The taste IS different than potatoes - I doubt you could fool someone- but a very good flavor if you like cauliflower. I will be using this instead of mashed potatoes from now on.

Awesome! Love this web site. I used reduced fat sour cream instead of buttermilk and it was excellent. I really wanted something filling and comforting but with low points value. This fit the bill perfectly.

So I made this tonight to go along with a burger I made for dinner since I was craving some mashed and this looked like a great alternative. I love how it came out. I didn't have fresh cauliflower so I used the frozen 16oz bag. Also, I don't have a hand blender so I used my regular blender. The only issue I had was the # of servings. I only ended up with 3 at 3/4 cup each. Gina, any idea how much a head of cauliflower yields either in cups or oz? I'd love to make it again but if I use the frozen florets or even the fresh I want to make sure I have the right amount to get 4 servings. But I love how it came it and it tasted great and it was filling! A perfect compliment for my burger and it'll be a side along some chicken for lunch tomorrow.

First time making this and I didn't have any buttermilk, so I used fat free sour cream and OMG this was absolutely amazing! My fiance says he never wants mashed potatoes again! We had this with London broil and a side of veggies - completely carb free meal! Thank you so much Gina for such an amazing side!

These look wonderful Gina! I have tried mashed cauliflower before but it didn't come out smooth as i used my mixer like i would have done for real potatoes. never thought of using a blender! I have a head of cauliflower in my fridge :) I know what we are having with out pork chops tonight!

I tried this last night as a side to the Dijon Pork and to my surprise it took center stage. Even the leftovers I had today were so delicious. I used Orange cauliflowers and added green onions as well as roasted pimentos. This is going into the regular meal rotation

I tried this under shrimp n' grits today as "the Grits" (instead of grits) It worked wonderfully!! Delicious, and I'm not the biggest fan of Cauliflower... Thank goodness I found an alternative to grits, I had no idea they had 160 per 1/4 Cup !!

I started making mashed cauliflower instead of potatoes when my husband and I started watching our carbs and we absolutely LOVE them. And you're right about the hand-held blender. I use mine ALL the time!

I HATE CAULIFLOWER....Just had to start off with that. Tried a different version of this a long time ago and didn't like, so I thought I would try again. I used the light sour cream and my hand mixer. Took a few bites and couldn't get past the texture. Almost gagged. The key to this really is the "puree" part. I dumped half of what I made in my food processor and let her rip. Then added some jar chicken gravy too it and let it mix some more. End result, I could actually eat it! Turns out the jar gravy wasn't all that good, so it probably would have been much better with homemade. Thanks for the recipe. I might try it again. Will see how it tastes left over with some chicken to go with it tomorrow.